tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553951271806645988.post78746726122687469..comments2023-10-29T12:28:26.775+00:00Comments on Charley Robson's Leaning Tower of Plot: Spies and Sneakery in Mediaeval Wales - Charley R Reviews "The Good Knight", by Sarah WoodburyCharley Robsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09542608515324640174noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553951271806645988.post-92168912737498909092012-06-06T14:58:20.422+01:002012-06-06T14:58:20.422+01:00The Head Phil smiled at the place the evil had bee...The Head Phil smiled at the place the evil had been, and began looking for another place to compliment it.Liam, Head Philhttp://insideliamsbrain.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553951271806645988.post-64736060609382167292012-06-06T09:42:15.142+01:002012-06-06T09:42:15.142+01:00The evil Charley let out a snarl and vanished in a...The evil Charley let out a snarl and vanished in a puff of faintly gym-sock-scented smoke. The Phil had won this battle ... but her war had only just begun.Charley Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09542608515324640174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553951271806645988.post-65777040735027076702012-06-06T01:00:34.463+01:002012-06-06T01:00:34.463+01:00The Head Phil laughed in triumph. He had succeede...The Head Phil laughed in triumph. He had succeeded in complimenting Charley and resisting her evil hug.Liam, Head Philhttp://insideliamsbrain.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553951271806645988.post-65118750459287023702012-06-05T21:15:54.742+01:002012-06-05T21:15:54.742+01:00The evil finally gave up. Two holes in the wall, a...The evil finally gave up. Two holes in the wall, a soaking, and now a vicious bonking with a piece of beach furniture that she hated above almost all others. It was too much for her to take. With a noise somewhere between a howl and a wail, she dived back into the empty pool and curled up at the bottom, stewing in evil, anger, thwarted-ness, a pinch of sadness ... and a good deal of dried chlorine.Charley Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09542608515324640174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553951271806645988.post-37101062913033362872012-06-05T15:20:42.249+01:002012-06-05T15:20:42.249+01:00The Head Phil heard a curious kind of hacking from...The Head Phil heard a curious kind of hacking from behind him and turned to see the evil rearing its by now quite ugly head. Before he could decide whether the evil was trying to cough up a hairball or was just speaking Polish, it struck. The Head Phil bonked it on the head with a conveniently placed pool chair.Liam, Head Philhttp://insideliamsbrain.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553951271806645988.post-88897981320351324722012-06-05T14:24:14.780+01:002012-06-05T14:24:14.780+01:00The evil began to snarl and rise out of the floor ...The evil began to snarl and rise out of the floor like a malevolent ghost. Slowly, inexorably, she began slithering across the floor towards him, growing larger, angrier, and a less flattering shade of green with every snarl...Charley Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09542608515324640174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553951271806645988.post-38856720172063362112012-06-01T18:16:39.933+01:002012-06-01T18:16:39.933+01:00The Head Phil used the evil as a sort of springboa...The Head Phil used the evil as a sort of springboard to clamber out of the pool at last. He walked to the closed door, limping for special effect, but the door was locked. He tugged on it in vain.Liam, Head Philhttp://insideliamsbrain.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553951271806645988.post-72475924796512927012012-06-01T17:21:33.526+01:002012-06-01T17:21:33.526+01:00With a screech that probably would have broken any...With a screech that probably would have broken any non-TARDIS-like structure, the evil thing fell face-first into the floor, leaving another highly amusingly shaped dent in the floor. She whimpered and decided to stay there until she could unbork herself and play out the doom thoughts in her head against the Head Phil.Charley Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09542608515324640174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553951271806645988.post-51358041660672920432012-06-01T14:33:42.656+01:002012-06-01T14:33:42.656+01:00Writhing in agony from the spork's attack, the...Writhing in agony from the spork's attack, the Head Phil lost his grip and fell back into the empty pool. He yanked the spork from his elbow and flung it in no particular direction. The spork had wanted to be a boomerang when it grew up, so it flew down toward him again. He rolled away just in time, grabbed it, and sent it spinning toward its previous owner, spearing it in the midriff as it tried to fall on the Head Phil.Liam, Head Philhttp://insideliamsbrain.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553951271806645988.post-23611128555132025682012-06-01T10:04:06.474+01:002012-06-01T10:04:06.474+01:00The Spork of Subjugation flew from the evil monstr...The Spork of Subjugation flew from the evil monstrosity's hand and embedded itself in the Head Phil's elbow. The evil being raised her head to laugh, but a sudden lurch from the TARDIS sent her flying into the wall so hard she left a spreadeagled dent around her. With a hiss, she removed herself and made to dive upon her prey's head.Charley Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09542608515324640174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553951271806645988.post-87247436208888215902012-06-01T02:37:55.618+01:002012-06-01T02:37:55.618+01:00The Head Phil gasped air as the pool suddenly empt...The Head Phil gasped air as the pool suddenly emptied through a drain in the floor. Someone very bored had obviously been pressing buttons. The Head Phil didn't blame them, especially as he saw the evil mass hovering over him. He ran for the pool wall, jumping and clambering over the edge.Liam, Head Philhttp://insideliamsbrain.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553951271806645988.post-21377671485068733322012-05-31T20:40:48.608+01:002012-05-31T20:40:48.608+01:00Miriam rotates the TARDIS so that gravity is going...Miriam rotates the TARDIS so that gravity is going in a normal direction and walks into the swimming pool room. On spying the confrontation taking place, she walks immediately out again, closes the door, and puts on her helmet. (Because she is helmet backup.) Then, with a slight smirk, she walks over to the console and begins pressing buttons at random.Miriam Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10516402325473855925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553951271806645988.post-57777911201626670672012-05-31T20:35:26.514+01:002012-05-31T20:35:26.514+01:00The evil mass exploded into a writhing ball of ang...The evil mass exploded into a writhing ball of angry. She didn't like the smell of lamb. She didn't eat any lamb. She didn't even like lamb! And yet this mere mortal, this puny, insignificant creature which had dared defy her, had now taken it upon itself to empty this foul substance upon her? It was more than she would stand for. <br /><br />With a roar, she catapulted out of the water and hovered, daemonically, over the spot where the Head Phil was about to surface, waiting with a vicious grin to dive upon his head and subjugate him ... or end his miserable existence once and for all.Charley Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09542608515324640174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553951271806645988.post-66733179271865787782012-05-31T19:03:14.144+01:002012-05-31T19:03:14.144+01:00The Head Phil saw the spork and made a muffled gru...The Head Phil saw the spork and made a muffled grunt, bubbles escaping his lips as he did so. As the evil's bubble encountered his nose, he smelled the distinctive scent of badly-cooked lamb with a quite revolting sauce. Resisting the urge to hurl, he remembered that it probably would help him in his battle. He emptied his guts over the head of the evil mass.Liam, Head Philhttp://insideliamsbrain.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553951271806645988.post-33652864642265972392012-05-31T15:19:56.169+01:002012-05-31T15:19:56.169+01:00The evil did not take to being slid, and swiftly t...The evil did not take to being slid, and swiftly tangled herself in his legs as hard as she could, thinking heavy thoughts and plotting evil designs on the midriff when she could get back up there. A small green spork slid out of her sleeve, and she smirked - though the evilness of the effect was somewhat ruined by the bubbles that erupted from between her teeth. Time for the Subjugation Spork to do its worst.Charley Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09542608515324640174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553951271806645988.post-45187211439292040662012-05-31T13:55:27.432+01:002012-05-31T13:55:27.432+01:00Struggling for the surface but pulled under again ...Struggling for the surface but pulled under again by the sodden mass that embodies evil, the Head Phil mentally does some logical calculations. If this is evil, what is holding him here, it is also wet and disgusting. Therefore, evil is disgusting. He already knew that. Also, it has been scientifically proven that hugging is disgusting. A=B, B=C, A=C; hugging is evil. Logically triumphing over his doubts (though not quite so much over his breathlessness), the Head Phil pushes at the evil mass once more, sliding it down to his legs and kicking it against the pool floor.Liam, Head Philhttp://insideliamsbrain.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553951271806645988.post-46508572734271923012012-05-31T10:41:53.651+01:002012-05-31T10:41:53.651+01:00The cling-wrap-imitating villain laughs hysterical...The cling-wrap-imitating villain laughs hysterically and hugs tighter. She has an incredible lung capacity for her size. She can hang on. But whether her victim can is another matter...Charley Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09542608515324640174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553951271806645988.post-41209408002591063592012-05-31T02:05:27.383+01:002012-05-31T02:05:27.383+01:00The Head Phil shakes himself, one last effort to d...The Head Phil shakes himself, one last effort to dislodge the evil mimicker of cling-wrap before he must swim to the water's surface for breath.Liam, Head Philhttp://insideliamsbrain.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553951271806645988.post-31728664130888750332012-05-30T22:09:03.334+01:002012-05-30T22:09:03.334+01:00The villain is now very confused, and very wet. Sh...The villain is now very confused, and very wet. She just hangs on, holding her breath. Grammar has been tossed all asunder as she fights to complete her mission!Charley Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09542608515324640174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553951271806645988.post-78741851882727817432012-05-30T22:00:19.287+01:002012-05-30T22:00:19.287+01:00*third person mode ON*
Fortunately, or perhaps unf...*third person mode ON*<br />Fortunately, or perhaps unfortunately, the Head Phil had not looked before throwing himself from said precipice, and so found himself a moment later almost entirely submerged in the swimming pool of the TARDIS, parked there by Miriam, who is not-so-secretly also the Doctor. And Sherlock.Miriam Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10516402325473855925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553951271806645988.post-13345330733607640662012-05-30T20:32:38.184+01:002012-05-30T20:32:38.184+01:00Cursing the villain colorfully for her lack of gra...Cursing the villain colorfully for her lack of grammar, the Head Phil remembers that he forbade cursing from the Phils' ranks and curses again because of it. Breathing hard, he pushes at the evil monster, but was unable to break the deadly embrace. He tried to bite her, kick her, punch her in her little evil face, but nothing worked. Gasping for breath, he said, "I won't give in to you, evil one! I'd rather die!" So saying, the Head Phil, in a moment of stupidity not to be imagined by anyone sane, runs and throws himself from the precipice.Liam, Head Philhttp://insideliamsbrain.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553951271806645988.post-18752049373024140492012-05-30T19:54:10.252+01:002012-05-30T19:54:10.252+01:00@Miriam - Loki quotes. For the win. Forever.
@Lia...@Miriam - Loki quotes. For the win. Forever.<br /><br />@Liam - *third person mode activated* The little ball of evil clung tighter, and wrapped her legs around the Phil's torso, squeezing with all the might she had. The laughter spurred her on in her mission, sending bolts of fury through her mind. Who was this puny, insignificant creature to defy her? She would not be defied! She was Charley of Nowhere In Particular, and she was burdened with a glorious purpose ... to hug and subjugate all who stood in her path. And she would. Not. Fail.Charley Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09542608515324640174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553951271806645988.post-56675082895631702012-05-30T19:52:10.891+01:002012-05-30T19:52:10.891+01:00Okay, she has a right to her Rebel Syndrome. She&#...Okay, she has a right to her Rebel Syndrome. She's just not doing it out of a distaste for an arranged marriage or dresses. She's alright :)Charley Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09542608515324640174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553951271806645988.post-11116152580411077512012-05-30T18:46:38.986+01:002012-05-30T18:46:38.986+01:00*in third person* But the Head Phil stood, fists ...*in third person* But the Head Phil stood, fists clenched, teeth gritted against the onslaught. He would not submit, he told himself over and over again. He threw back his head and laughed at the starry sky, defying those who had sent this thing to torture him. Bracing himself against the rock under his feet, he stood firm against those who tried to hug him. He laughed again, a terrible sound echoing through the night.Liam, Head Philhttp://insideliamsbrain.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553951271806645988.post-67999535701342637512012-05-30T17:14:59.974+01:002012-05-30T17:14:59.974+01:00You can get a Kindle version that you can read on ...You can get a Kindle version that you can read on Kindle for PC (which is a free application). Or as Charley says there are probably other formats. Or if you have a smartphone, you can get a Kindle app and buy it for that :D SO MANY OPTIONS.Miriam Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10516402325473855925noreply@blogger.com